Volunteer local singers from all over Auckland
will come together to participate in this unique community
performance. Split into three generational groups – under
30s, 30-60s and over 60s – the participants will express
what they really think of each other – in
song.

Sing it to my
Face premiered at Wellington’s St Pauls Cathedral in
2014 as part of its centennial celebrations and has had
immensely successful seasons at the Kokomai Creative
Festival in the Wairarapa (2015), Nelson Arts Festival
(2016) and the Wanaka Festival of Colour (2017).

As part
of the creation of Sing it to my Face, Barbarian
Productions crowd-sourced answers from all the participants
with questions like:

‘What are people over 60
like?’‘What would you like to thank them
for?’‘What is your generation like?’

The
responses have been worked into the songs that each group
will sing on the night. Staged like a fashion show runway,
with audiences on two sides, the groups literally face off
and sing to each in a frank, funny and poignant musical
conversation about who we are, the world we live in and
where we want to end up.

The Auckland premiere of
this work marks the third production from Barbarian
Production to visit Auckland this year. Grand Opening
at The Civic in June was part of the Auckland Live
Cabaret Festival, while Soft ‘n’ Hard played at Q
Theatre to rave reviews last month.

“There
are many stand-out memories for me but seeing people (of
different ages) in the audience being moved to tears is one
of the most vivid.” – previous
participant

Led by Jo Randerson, award-winning Barbarian
Productions is a Wellington-based theatre company with an
eighteen-year history of making innovative, original,
high-quality theatre. Barbarian writes, performs and
collaborates to create live experiences of radical, fun
togetherness.

Sing it to my Face plays:Thursday
17 Oct – Sunday 20 October.Thursday, Friday and
Saturday performances at 7pm. Sunday at 2pm. For
more information or to book tickets visit: aucklandlive.co.nz/show/sing-it-to-my-face

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